Boston Bombing

Psy-Fi · 04-18-2013, 08:21 AM

^ I'm thinking the same thing. Plus, the video footage I saw of both blasts, showed explosions behind the crowd, not in front.

wiggums · 04-18-2013, 09:44 AM

Some friends of mine think this is all a staged event and that they're going to blame some kid who will say that he used gunpowder or something.... just read this:

**Janszoon** · 04-18-2013, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by wiggums

Some friends of mine think this is all a staged event and that they're going to blame some kid who will say that he used gunpowder or something.... just read this:

Sounds like garden variety conspiracy theory bullshit to me.

wiggums · 04-18-2013, 10:10 AM

I don't believe it either, but I have to admit I'll be pretty intrigued if they really find someone like that on Friday.

Paul Smeenus · 04-18-2013, 10:42 AM

Trollheart · 04-18-2013, 11:20 AM

What are you trying to show us, Paul?

Paul Smeenus · 04-18-2013, 11:42 AM

That's the same position of the bag, the second blast. I apologize for the graphic image. Unlike the other image it shows the side of the mailbox facing the blast. Unlike the now contorted fencing, those boxes have heavy bolts on all four feet anchored in several inches of concrete. Those things are built to withstand the impact of a car.

I cannot find a clear YouTube of the second blast.

P A N · 04-18-2013, 11:46 AM

yeah... i'm not gonna say that i'm convinced that yellowish bag is the bomb (although it does seem likely), but i will agree with the notion that a mailbox like that could endure a small bomb going off beside it with very little noticeable damage.

right-track · 04-18-2013, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

That's the same position of the bag, the second blast. I apologize for the graphic image. Unlike the other image it shows the side of the mailbox facing the blast. Unlike the now contorted fencing, those boxes have heavy bolts on all four feet anchored in several inches of concrete. Those things are built to withstand the impact of a car.

And more if this post box is anything to go by.
It withstood the blast of a 3,300lb (1500Kg) bomb.

Trollheart · 04-18-2013, 01:05 PM

OK fair enough: I did not know that about post (mail) boxes. I withdraw my comment...

04-18-2013, 09:44 AM	#152 (permalink)
wiggums A Sarcastic Joyful Sound Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montana Posts: 174	Some friends of mine think this is all a staged event and that they're going to blame some kid who will say that he used gunpowder or something.... just read this: __________________

04-18-2013, 10:10 AM	#154 (permalink)
wiggums A Sarcastic Joyful Sound Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montana Posts: 174	I don't believe it either, but I have to admit I'll be pretty intrigued if they really find someone like that on Friday. __________________

04-18-2013, 11:20 AM	#156 (permalink)
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04-18-2013, 01:05 PM	#160 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	OK fair enough: I did not know that about post (mail) boxes. I withdraw my comment... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

04-18-2013, 08:21 AM	#151 (permalink)
Psy-Fi Aficionado of Fine Filth Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: You don't want to look in there. Posts: 6,798	^ I'm thinking the same thing. Plus, the video footage I saw of both blasts, showed explosions behind the crowd, not in front.

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04-18-2013, 11:42 AM	#157 (permalink)
Paul Smeenus David Hasselhoff Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Back in Portland, OR Posts: 3,680	That's the same position of the bag, the second blast. I apologize for the graphic image. Unlike the other image it shows the side of the mailbox facing the blast. Unlike the now contorted fencing, those boxes have heavy bolts on all four feet anchored in several inches of concrete. Those things are built to withstand the impact of a car. I cannot find a clear YouTube of the second blast.

04-18-2013, 11:46 AM	#158 (permalink)
P A N DO LIKE YOU. Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 629	yeah... i'm not gonna say that i'm convinced that yellowish bag is the bomb (although it does seem likely), but i will agree with the notion that a mailbox like that could endure a small bomb going off beside it with very little noticeable damage.